Reynolds v. John T. Brady & Co.

The defendant John T. Brady & Co., Inc. in its third-party complaint claims to he entitled to common-law indemnification against the defendant Daniel J. Rice, Inc. In February, 1965 Brady was engaged as a general contractor, and Rice as an independent (ventilation) contractor, in the construction of a new West Side High School in Manhattan for the Board of Education, when the plaintiff Reynolds fell through a hole in the roof and was injured.

After a trial on the issue of liability only, a jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Patrick J. Reynolds, against both defendants. Implicit…